Theories of International Relations Chapter Exam

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Question 11.Which approach in regime theory does not assume rational choice among actors in the international system?

Interest-based approach

Power-based approach

Knowledge-based approach

All do

None do

Question 22.What's the best explanation of a regime in regime theory?

Principles, norms, rules and decision making procedures in a given substantive area in international relations

Principles, norms, rules and decision making procedure about the entire international system

None of the answers are correct

A particular type of government in power, such as a dictatorship or monarchy

International decision making procedures established by a hegemon

Question 33.Realism attempts to explain international relations primarily through which of the following concepts?

Diplomacy

Military

Economics

Cooperation

Power

Question 44.Which of the following is not one of the preferred tools of liberal internationalism?

Military force

None of the answers are correct

International law

International organizations

International commerce

Question 55.Joan prefers Earl Grey Tea to English Breakfast Tea but prefers English Breakfast Tea to Green Tea, which means she prefers Earl Grey Tea over Green Tea. What principle of rational choice theory does this demonstrate?

Rationality

Utility maximization

Exchange

None of the answers are correct.

Transitivity of preferences

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Question 66.Which of the following is a criticism leveled against liberal internationalism?

It resorts to application of force too readily

It fails to take into account non-State actors

It relies on ineffective international law

None of the answers are correct

It relies too much on power to describe international relations

Question 77.What type of struggle is pivotal in Marxism?

Struggle isn't pivotal to the theory

Slavery

Proletarian

Class

Imperial

Question 88.In order for rational choice theory to have value in international relations, which of the following must be true?

Only States exist in the international system.

None of the answers are correct.

There can be no weak preferences.

All preferences must be strict.

We can understand the behavior of entities by understanding the behavior of the people behind them.

Question 99.Marxism emphasizes the importance of which of the following factors in explaining the international system?

Cooperation

Social identity

Power

None of the answers are correct

Economics

Question 1010.Which type of international system consists of relatively equal States that act independently of each other?

Question 1212.Which of the following is an important text in Marxist thought?

Wealth of Nations

Das Kapital

None of the answers are correct

The Republic

Mein Kampf

Question 1313.What's the best explanation of liberal internationalism?

A set of related concepts on how to organize relations among States based upon economics

A set of related concepts on how to organize relations among States based upon power

None of the answers are correct

A set of related concepts on how to organize relations among States based upon regimes

A set of related concepts on how to organize relations among States based upon cooperation, interdependence, and international organizations and supranational political structures

Question 1414.Marxism has been used to explain what current characteristic of the international system?

The North-South Gap

China's success in international trade

None of the answers are correct

All the answers are correct

The failure of Communism

Question 1515.Which of the following is incorrect about liberal internationalism?

It believes violence should be last resort

None of the answers are correct

It has faith in international organizations

It views human nature as generally good

It's optimistic

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Question 1616.What principle of realism involves a weaker State seeking to offset the power of a stronger State through the formation of an alliance with other States?

Reciprocity

None of the answers are correct

Balance of power

Power politics

There is no such principle

Question 1717.When did regime theory first emerge as a signficant field of international relations?

1970s

1980s

None of the answers are correct

1960s

1990s

Question 1818.Which of the following is not a component of regime theory?

It peaked in influence in the 1980s

It attempts to explain cooperation in international relations

None of the answers are correct

It acknowledges that the international world is one of anarchy

There are three primary approaches taken in its study

Question 1919.Which of the following is a criticism of rational choice theory?

The assumption of self-interest

The assumption that actors are rational

Fails to take into account of alternatives to rationality as bases for behavior

All the answers are correct.

The model is too simplistic

Question 2020.Which of the following is not an assumption of political realism?

The international environment is one of anarchy

The most important actors are States

Traditional notions of morality are not appropriate for State action

Humans are cooperative by nature

None of the answers are correct

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Question 2121.Which of the following is an example of a supranational political structure?

There is no such thing

The United States

The World Bank

None of the answers are correct

The European Union

Question 2222.Which of the following did not make a significant contribution to the development of Marxist thought?

None of the answers are correct

Stalin

Engels

Marx

Lenin

Question 2323.According to rational choice theory, social interaction is a matter of what?

Psychology

Social structure

Exchange

None of the answers are correct.

Empathy

Question 2424.Which of the following is not an assumption of rational choice theory?

Individuals have sufficient information to make rational choices.

Individuals act rationally.

Individuals act in their collective interest.

Preferences are transitive.

None of the answers are correct.

Question 2525.What theory focuses on the distribution of power in the international system?

Idealism

There is no such theory

Realism

Regime Theory

Neorealism

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